Originally Posted by
Moisture
I dont see any improvement in balance or geometry, especially not when I can't even fit the damn bike through singletrack without nearly hitting every tree.
I can manage with it just fine, I can sort of see how the geometry is designed for it, but I'd much rather not.
When the vast majority experienced mountain bikers - even ones like me that started on sub-600mm bars - have gravitated towards bars 720 and up, you need to ask yourself what they are getting that you are missing.
I assure you that whatever trail it is that you think you are going to be hitting every tree, folks are riding 750mm bars on it without issue.